14-19 February 2016 - The ICCA Knowledge Sharing & Capacity-building Event in East and Southern Africa was held in Namushasha River Lodge, Namibia. The workshop's objective was to share knowledge and enhance capacities among key regional actors about how to promote and strengthen appropriate recognition of ICCAs and appropriate support to them to enhance their effectiveness in the region—within but also outside the framework of the GSI initiative. Participants of the workshop included country teams from four ICCA-GSI supported countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Namibia) including repr...

3-8 April 2016; San José, Petén, Guatemala - ICCA-GSI organized a workshop for the Mesoamerica region with the aim of sharing knowledge among key regional actors and strengthening their capacities to promote and strengthen appropriate recognition of ICCAs as well as improve its effectiveness in the region. Key actors from participating countries, representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities that govern and manage their TICCAs, relevant government agencies and civil society support organizations, GEF SGP National Coordinators attended this participatory workshop. Mesoamerica i...